ABSTRACTOwing to the differences in cognition and cultural backgrounds, the associative, symbolic and implied meaning of the English and the Chinese color terms are different
This article makes a comparison of the similarities and differences between the English color terms and the Chinese ones, with the purpose to raise the awareness of the color terms and provide a better understanding of the Chinese and different cognitive ways and cultural background, which will play an important role in the cross-culture communication
Key word: color terms; cognition; culture; similarities and differences中文摘要 颜色与人们的生活息息相关,对颜色的认知也是人类的基本认知之一,人类的色彩感知用自然语言表达和固定下来就是自然语言中的各类颜色词语
颜色词作为词汇中的重要组成部分,在人们的生活和交际中起着重要的作用
受语言共同属性的影响,汉英颜色词在产生进展及功能用法上都表现出了强大的共性
但是汉英两种语言毕竟孕育于不同的文化,在进展的过程中又受到各种背景的影响,其差异也是不言而喻的
本文将分析和归纳汉